On Thu, 20 May 2004, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On May 20 09:22, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > BTW, should /dev/kmem work also?
>
> No, only /dev/mem and /dev/port are working. /dev/kmem is still looking
> for a contributor.
Ok, then shouldn't we apply the following patch to the users guide? (plus
a typo fix)
2004-05-21 Brian Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* pathnames.sgml: Remove /dev/kmem from the supported POSIX device
list.
* cygwinenv.sgml: Fix typo in check_case description.
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Brian Ford
Senior Realtime Software Engineer
VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
the best safety device in any aircraft is a well-trained pilot...Index: pathnames.sgml
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -p -r1.14 pathnames.sgml
--- pathnames.sgml 29 Mar 2004 08:07:39 -0000 1.14
+++ pathnames.sgml 20 May 2004 18:49:01 -0000
@@ -172,8 +172,7 @@ Cygwin supports the following devices co
<filename>/dev/tty</filename>, <filename>/dev/ttym</filename>,
<filename>/dev/ttyX</filename>, <filename>/dev/ttySX</filename>,
<filename>/dev/pipe</filename>, <filename>/dev/port</filename>,
-<filename>/dev/ptmx</filename>, <filename>/dev/kmem</filename>,
-<filename>/dev/mem</filename>,
+<filename>/dev/ptmx</filename>, <filename>/dev/mem</filename>,
<filename>/dev/random</filename>, and <filename>/dev/urandom</filename>.
Cygwin also has several Windows-specific devices:
<filename>/dev/comX</filename> (the serial ports, starting with
Index: cygwinenv.sgml
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -p -r1.13 cygwinenv.sgml
--- cygwinenv.sgml 27 Mar 2004 06:48:11 -0000 1.13
+++ cygwinenv.sgml 20 May 2004 22:10:53 -0000
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pipe to binary by default.
<listitem>
<para><envar>check_case:level</envar> - Controls the behaviour of
Cygwin when a user tries to open or create a file using a case different from
-the case of the path as asved on the disk.
+the case of the path as saved on the disk.
<literal>level</literal> is one of <literal>relaxed</literal>,
<literal>adjust</literal> and <literal>strict</literal>.</para>
<itemizedlist Mark="bullet">
